Shoppers return to stores after snow December 5, 2010 SNOW may have kept people at home for much of last week, but consumers hit the stores as soon as milder weather returned, according to data released yesterday. John Lewis recorded falls in sales on Wednesday and Thursday, compared to the same days last year. However, a weekend surge saw the department store surpass £100bn [...]
Shoppers return to stores after snow December 5, 2010 SNOW may have kept people at home for much of last week, but consumers hit the stores as soon as milder weather returned, according to data released yesterday. John Lewis recorded falls in sales on Wednesday and Thursday, compared to the same days last year. However, a weekend surge saw the department store surpass £100bn [...]
Crackers boost for Greetings December 8, 2010 INTERNATIONAL Greetings, the cards and wrapping manufacturer, yesterday reported a surge in demand for Christmas crackers. Total first-half sales rose 13 per cent to £104.5m, with pre-tax profits more than doubling from £1m to £2.1m in the six months to the end of September. Chief executive Paul Fineman said the company will sell 70m crackers [...]
Crackers boost for Greetings December 8, 2010 INTERNATIONAL Greetings, the cards and wrapping manufacturer, yesterday reported a surge in demand for Christmas crackers. Total first-half sales rose 13 per cent to £104.5m, with pre-tax profits more than doubling from £1m to £2.1m in the six months to the end of September. Chief executive Paul Fineman said the company will sell 70m crackers [...]
Christmas hampers for gourmets November 24, 2010 Fortnum & Mason The Classic Christmas Hamper (£150) is a veritable box of delights, containing a Christmas pudding, cognac butter, cognac marmalade, mulling spices, assorted English creams and, er, a musical biscuit tin (it plays Jingle Bells, natch). www.fortnumandmason.com British Fine Foods Online shop BFF takes the effort out of shopping for the big day [...]
Why the love of your life is just a click away February 9, 2011 CHRISTMAS and New Year are over. You’re feeling fat, poor, anxious and – if you’re single – panicked. What do you do? You vow to go on a diet, you cut back on the expensive nights out and, in the hopes of sticking to the one resolution you really care about, you sign up to [...]
THE TIPSTER January 5, 2011 After hitting 28-month highs earlier this week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell back slightly on Tuesday to lows of 11,636.88 in intra-day trading. However, yesterday’s rally showed traders are positive about the index, which has rallied hard since trading below 10,000 as recently as 31 August. With analysts predicting a positive year ahead, traders [...]
FASHION NEWS December 2, 2010 TANYA SARNE HANDWRITTEN SAMPLE SALE Don’t miss the legendary Tanya Sarne’s sample sale this weekend, with her sumputous collection of natural fabrics and lovely knitwear from the Handwritten line going from £15. “I design to de-stress and give women confidence in their femininity and daily lives” says Sarne (pictured) – and who doesn’t want that? [...]
FASHION NEWS December 2, 2010 TANYA SARNE HANDWRITTEN SAMPLE SALE Don’t miss the legendary Tanya Sarne’s sample sale this weekend, with her sumputous collection of natural fabrics and lovely knitwear from the Handwritten line going from £15. “I design to de-stress and give women confidence in their femininity and daily lives” says Sarne (pictured) – and who doesn’t want that? [...]
WALL STREET WEEK AHEAD December 12, 2010 The December rally may be reaching its climax, with just two weeks to go before Santa Claus makes his midnight run. Dwindling volume, excess optimism, and history all point to a stock market that could be running out of steam. Investors appear to have grown complacent as the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX has fallen [...]